постити

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *postiti.

Verb

постити • (postiti) impf

  1. (reflexive) to fast
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1594-1596:
      не бѫдѣте ꙗко ѵпокрꙑти посмражаѭтъ бо лица своꙗ да сѧ ꙗвѧтъ чловѣкомъ постѧще сѧ
      ne bǫděte jako üpokryti posmražajǫtŭ bo lica svoja da sę javętŭ člověkomŭ postęšte sę
      you must not be like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so that their fasting may be known among men.

Conjugation

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *postiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒstiti/
  • Hyphenation: пос‧ти‧ти

Verb

по̀стити impf (Latin spelling pòstiti)

  1. (intransitive) to fast

Conjugation

Conjugation of постити
Infinitive: постити Present verbal adverb: по̀сте̄ћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: по̀шће̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present постим постиш пости постимо постите посте
Future Future I постит ћу1
постићу 		постит ћеш1
постићеш 		постит ће1
постиће 		постит ћемо1
постићемо 		постит ћете1
постићете 		постит ће1
постиће
Future II бу̏де̄м постио2 бу̏де̄ш постио2 бу̏де̄ постио2 бу̏де̄мо постили2 бу̏де̄те постили2 бу̏дӯ постили2
Past Perfect постио сам2 постио си2 постио је2 постили смо2 постили сте2 постили су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам постио2 би̏о си постио2 би̏о је постио2 би́ли смо постили2 би́ли сте постили2 би́ли су постили2
Imperfect пошћах пошћаше пошћаше пошћасмо пошћасте пошћаху
Conditional I постио бих2 постио би2 постио би2 постили бисмо2 постили бисте2 постили би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих постио2 би̏о би постио2 би̏о би постио2 би́ли бисмо постили2 би́ли бисте постили2 би́ли би постили2
Imperative — пости — постимо постите —
Active past participle постио m / постила f / постило n постили m / постиле f / постила n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.

4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

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